36 new apartments planned for the Ardee Road in Dundalk

The entrance to Brookville, off the Ardee Road

A new apartment block of 36 units is being planned for the Ardee Road in Dundalk.

Ardmore Enterprises Limited have applied to Louth County Council for planning permission to construction a three and four floor apartment building at Brookville.

The apartment building would include 36 units with associated circulation spaces and private balconies, associated car parking, a new vehicular entrance and all associated site development works.

Louth County Council is due to make a decision on the matter on October 20^th.

Plans for Ardee Road apartments are quashed

Plans to build 40 apartments on the Ardee Road look to have been quashed after Dundalk Town Council refused an application to renew the planning permission for the development that was previously granted in 2008.

Danny Culligan of Danny Culligan Construction Ltd had applied to the council in January for an extension to his plans for 40 new residential units at Brookville in three separate buildings.

Despite being given the go ahead for the apartments six years ago, they were never built largely because of the collapse in the housing market.

The proposed development included plans for two three storey blocks. Type A would have included 24 two bed apartments with private balconies, with the ground floor apartments having their own access.

There would also have been one four storey block (Type B) comprising 16 two bed apartments with private balconies.

The council opted to refuse the application on two counts – firstly that a portion of the site is “in a vulnerable area to fluvial flooding and is designated as Flood Zone A as per the OPW Irish Coastal Strategy Study Phase 3 – North East Coast’.

They described the site as “highly vulnerable” to flooding and further rejected it on the basis that the plans were not designed having regard to flood risk management guidelines.

Culligan keeping options open in relation to Ardee Road apartments

Local developer Danny Culligan is keeping his options open as to the possibility of building 40 new apartments on the Ardee Road.

His company Danny Culligan Construction Ltd have applied to Dundalk Town Council for an extension of the planning permission previously granted in 2008 for 40 new residential units at Brookville in three separate buildings. Despite being given the go ahead for the apartments six years ago, they were never built largely because of the collapse in the housing market.

The proposed development includes plans for two three storey blocks. Type A would include 24 two bed apartments with private balconies, with the ground floor apartments having their own access.

There would also be one four storey block (Type B) comprising 16 two bed apartments with private balconies. Again, the ground floor apartments would have their own access.

The council are due to making a ruling on his application on February 27^th next.

Ardee Road land close to being sold

A 1.67 acre piece of land at Brookville on the Ardee Road is close to being sold after going sale agreed recently.

No selling price has been revealed by agents REA Gunne Property but it is understood that the deal is close to being finalised.

The land, close to the Brewery Business Park, has full planning permission for 40 executive apartments and would also be suitable for a small scheme of 20-25 starter homes subject to planning.